Moon Duo - Shadow of the Sun
2 Stars
It’s hard to see what Moon Duo bring that hasn’t already been heard before.
1st March 2015
Reviews
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds - Chasing Yesterday
3 Stars
There’s no denying that Gallagher is a songwriter from the very top of his class.
28th February 2015
Evans the Death - Expect Delays
4 Stars
A wholly relatable album for anyone a bit miserable, really.
28th February 2015
Karin Park - Apocalypse Pop
3 Stars
Sinner, saint, even goth (if you must): Park tackles them all with grace.
28th February 2015
Ghostpoet - Shedding Skin
4 Stars
Surely nothing in the world can stop him.
27th February 2015
Purity Ring - another eternity
3 Stars
It’s intriguing — if slightly disconcerting — to see Purity Ring in a warmer light.
27th February 2015
of Montreal - Aureate Gloom
4 Stars
It’s thirteenth time lucky with this Technicolor epic.
27th February 2015
Black Honey - Madonna
Sharing a name with the cape-troubled artist, ‘Madonna’ runs with the sort of excited defiance that takes stairs two at a time.
27th February 2015
Death Cab For Cutie - No Room In Frame
Precision is the name of the game on the latest new material to come from ‘Kintsugi’.
27th February 2015
The Decemberists, Brixton Academy, London
Like the Mariner, they came, they sought and they conquered.
26th February 2015
Cheatahs, Power Lunches, London
Flitting between endless potential and claustrophobic tension.
26th February 2015
Honeyblood - No Big Deal
Bouncing back from changing drummers, Honeyblood continue to be prolific, matching quantity with quality.
26th February 2015
Warpaint - No Way Out (Redux)
The first release from “a series of new songs being released this year,” shows Warpaint at their most experimental and assured.
26th February 2015
Wolf Alice - Giant Peach
Marking a door slamming entrance, ‘Giant Peach’ is a lesson in rock star sleight-of-hand.
24th February 2015
Marmozets, Electric Ballroom, London
An amplification of all that is weird and wonderful.
23rd February 2015
Spectres - Dying
4 Stars
‘Dying’ is a masterclass of refrain.
22nd February 2015
Cheatahs - Sunne EP
4 Stars
This is a band capable of immense beauty.
22nd February 2015
The Pop Group - Citizen Zombie
3 Stars
The Pop Group have succeeded in returning with something vibrant, urgent and necessary.
22nd February 2015
Gang of Four - What Happens Next
3 Stars
Andy Gill’s political conscience is clearly in no danger of waning.
21st February 2015
Public Service Broadcasting - The Race For Space
3 Stars
PSB are pushing the boundaries of what rock music can be.
21st February 2015
Dutch Uncles - O Shudder
4 Stars
‘O Shudder’ could well be the album that breaks Dutch Uncles.
21st February 2015
Colleen Green - I Want to Grow Up
3 Stars
A scrum of fuzz guitar riffs and distorted vocals.
21st February 2015
Alabama Shakes, Islington Assembly Hall, London
Brittany Howard is truly the star of the show.
21st February 2015
Peace, Heaven, London
They show they can do no wrong.
21st February 2015
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.